Hurricane Lili - CBS Evening News - 2002-10-02
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[0:01] tonight from New Orleans an especially
[0:05] powerful and dangerous hurricane is
[0:08] headed to strike the Gulf Coast in a
[0:10] matter of hours as Lily closes in
[0:12] residents are boarding up and heading
[0:15] out a massive evacuation is underway
[0:17] tonight could we see the worst case
[0:21] scenario
[0:22] why New Orleans is just about the worst
[0:24] place a hurricane can hit
[0:34] this is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:38] Rather reporting tonight from New
[0:40] Orleans
[0:43] good evening from the hurricane Strike
[0:44] Zone a super strong possibly historic
[0:47] hurricane is about to strike here along
[0:49] the Gulf Coast Hurricane Lily is now
[0:52] officially an especially dangerous
[0:54] category 4 hurricane that means
[0:57] sustained winds of 140 miles per hour
[1:00] gusts much higher than that and with an
[1:02] unusually large sea surge it could get
[1:06] even stronger before landfall tomorrow
[1:08] which is now considered to be most
[1:10] likely in Western Louisiana but possibly
[1:12] in Texas in the Galveston Houston area
[1:15] or just above that this much assure
[1:18] wherever this hurricane hits the coastal
[1:21] storm surge could bring floods miles
[1:24] Inland and plenty of rising water and
[1:27] rain
[1:28] this was getaway day along the gulf
[1:31] coasts of Texas and Louisiana more than
[1:33] 750 000 residents were advised in some
[1:36] cases ordered to leave get to Higher
[1:40] Ground in Morgan City Louisiana the
[1:42] hurricane flag went up the flood wall
[1:44] was shut tight no one now is
[1:47] underestimating the threat to life and
[1:49] property from Hurricane Lily now heading
[1:51] straight through the gulf and it is only
[1:53] getting stronger as it moves towards
[1:55] Shore after land falls som